Garmin 010-01879-00 InReach Mini, Lightweight and Compact Satellite Communicator, Orange

Supris par la toute petite taille pas très ergonomique cela ne me gêne pas car utilisation via portable en Bluetooth.

A must for my Overland travels, and worth every penny.

Best investment Ive made vis-a-vis traveling. I do a lot of fly in fishing in unconnected outposts and this unit keeps me in touch in case of emergency. Also use it so ppl can track my progress when driving into areas with no cell coverage (Northern Saskatchewan/Black lake). It actually saved my butt once when I took a wrong turn on a dirt road and my son noticed it on the Garmin Explore website which tracks your location. Had I continued I would have driven for about 7 hours and wound up in the wrong place. He was able to text me, even though there was no cell service and guide me back to the right road. The subscription service from Garmin is flexible (I always get the unlimited expedition package) and you can suspend it and reactivate it for 30 days at a time whenever you want without having to jump through hoops. It may cost $50/year to keep it active but well worth the $ if youre in the bush! NOTE: This little unit accepts the various spline mount (ball/belt clip/snap mounts) that fit most of Garmins handheld GPS units. I also have a Garmin friction mount for my truck which I put on the dash. Windsheild doesnt seem to impede transmission/reception to the unit.

I got 5 InReach Minis as an alternative to satellite phones for emergency packs.

this works perfectly. allows me to keep in touch with my family when i am out alone on my adventures.

The concept is nice but loving in the bay area where clouds are a daily thing it just doesnt work. Messages would be delayed hours if not days.

Worked very well. Broke down in an area without any cell coverage, and used the Inreach Mini to rext by satellite for help. Pairing with your cell phone makes it very easy to operate. There is an activation fee and a subscription fee. Basically, the more you use it, the more you’ll pay. I think this (or a satellite phone) is a must for off roaders, or traveling through remote areas.

The bells and whistles of this device arent on the device at all. Theyre on your smartphone. Unfortunately, the Earthmate app is trash. Maps are downloadable, but cant switch from one type of map to another. When I try to connect the ireach to my phone, I get an infuriating loop of error messages and if it does connect, it deletes all of my waypoints! I cant download the waypoints to the device itself because it wont sync up on a chromebook, which is the only laptop I have. I thought it wouldnt be a big deal since my phone is updating from the account online--only to find out the inreach deletes waypoints off my phone as soon as it connects. INSANELY frustrating!

Great features but mini 2 has a lot of new options which make it a better buy for slightly more $

I bought the inReach Mini after a lot of research, wanted to take it on a 2 week backpacking trip through Colombia. Activation cost me a total of $76.15 ($11.95 monthly plan with annual contract, $29.95 activation fee, $29.95 rescue insurance for a year, plus taxes and fees).